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When the bubonic plague decimates his family, Oswald de Lacy is thrust into the role of Lord of Somerhill Manor with little experience in estate management. The estate and its people are changed by years of pestilence and neglect, yet the matriarchal authority of his mother and the simmering tension with his sister Clemence remain. Oswald faces a murder mystery when young Alison Starvecrow dies under suspicious circumstances. While the village priest alleges her death was caused by a demon‑dog posse, Oswald suspects a human killer. He must unravel family secrets, political scheming, and violent strife to solve the case before another girl’s body is discovered.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: S. D. Sykes
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